Cultural summer 2025: ORF inspires with a 500 hour program!

Cultural summer 2025: ORF inspires with a 500 hour program!

Theatermuseum, Wien, Österreich - The ORF presented a comprehensive cultural Initiative for the upcoming summer on June 3, 2025 in the Theater Museum. Around 500 hours of program offers on radio and television should enrich cultural life in Austria. This initiative includes a variety of events, including 80 television broadcasts and over 150 radio broadcasts, which will concentrate on more than 30 festivals across the country. vienna.at reports that the Vienna Philharmoniker will open the cultural program on June 13 with their summer night concert in ORF 2.

In addition to the opening concert, numerous highlights are planned, including the Midsummer Night Gala from Grafenegg on June 20, the Praterpicknick of the Viennese symphonists on June 27th and the “Stars in Gars” concert by the Gars opera on August 10. Particular attention is paid to Franz Welser-Möst's 65th birthday on July 27th. Large productions such as "Jedermann" on July 26 and Handel's "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" will also be available on August 8th as part of the Salzburg Festival.

festivals and events in the focus

The Bregenz Festival present "Oedipe" on July 16 under Lilli Paasikivi. Smaller classics events such as "Classical on Traunsee" (July 16) and the "Holst and Williams von der Styriarte" (July 11) are also part of the program. In addition, significant summer events such as the Danube Island Festival (June 20 to 22) and Woodstock of wind music (June 27th to 29th) are included in the reporting. General Director Roland Weißmann pursues the goal of increasing the number of viewers from 4.9 million in the previous year to over 5 million.

in parallel to this extensive cultural offer, Austria is preparing for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2025 in Basel, which will celebrate the grand finale on May 17th. The ORF accompanies the Austrian participant JJ, who traveled to Basel on May 4, with a comprehensive supporting program that is broadcast on TV, radio and online media. orf.at planned numerous programs to inform and maintain the viewers before and during the ESC.

Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Totally take 37 countries in the ESC 2025, which is under the motto "United by Music". Austria will compete in the second semi -final on May 15 with the title "Wasted Love" by JJ, whose start number 6 is. The broadcasts begin on May 15th at 8:15 p.m. with "Mr. Song Contest Proudly Presents" and the Semifinals UH the highlight on May 17th with the big final at 9:00 p.m.. ORF 1 barrier-free, including live subtitals and audio comment for blind and visually impaired spectators.

The preparation of the ESC is also accompanied by numerous documentary and programs that are broadcast both before and after the competition. Among other things, the documentary "My dream will come true - JJ at the ESC 2025" on May 18 at 10:00 p.m. The reporting is comprehensively supplemented by Hitradio Ö3 and FM4 with various programs and live broadcasts in order to offer the audience an unforgettable experience.